1839.] extent and produce of the Tea Plantatio?is in Assam. 191 



The following table will shew the size and produce of the Tea tracts 

 now worked, and the probable amount of Tea for this and the next 

 season. 



Names of Tea Length and 

 tracts fully breadth of 

 ■woiked in 1838. Tea tiaets. 



No. 1 Tringvi, 

 No. 2 Tringri, 

 No. 1 Kahung, 

 No. 1 Chubwa. 

 Deenjoy, 



267 by 90 

 155 by 70 

 480 by 210 

 200 by 160 

 223 by 171 



Number of 

 plants ia 

 each Tea 

 tract. 



From Shady Tracts, 



Average pro- 

 duce of single 

 Tea plants. 



5,H00 

 2,340 

 1,36.C00 

 8. -200 

 8,400 



4 Sa. Weight, 

 13-12 Sa. Weight. 

 !4 Sa. Weight, 



4 Sa. Weight, 

 Is Sa. Weight, 



The probable increase of the above Tracts for 1839. 



Probable produce of 1839 



Produce in 



260 Seers 

 160 „ 

 680 „ 

 410 „ 

 210 ,, 



1,720 

 390 



2,110 



5<?7 



Remarks. 



2,637 Seers 



The plants are 

 small in this 

 tract including 

 China plants. 



5,274 lbs. 



Names of the 

 tracts to be 

 worked in 1840, 



Length and 

 breadth of 

 Tea tracts. 



No. 2 Kabung, 

 No. 3 Do. 

 No. 2 Chubwa, 



Now h idea, 



Tipun, 



Jugundoo, 



Ningrew, 



192 by 114 



215 by 70 



160 by 70 



476 by 160 



344 by 881 



400 by 200 



300 by 189 



Number of 

 plants in 

 each Tea 

 tract. 



4,720 

 3,440 

 2,420 

 16,480 

 24.6^0 

 17,S00 

 12,260 



Probable 

 produce of one 

 Tea plant. 



3 Sa. 

 3 Sa. 



3 Sa. 

 3 Sa. 



Weight, 

 Weight, 

 Weight, 

 Weight, 



3 Sa. Weight, 

 3 Sa. Weight. 

 3 Sa. Weight, 



The Probable produce of the above 7 tracts.... 

 Add the probable produce of the other 5 tracts. 



Probable produce of all the tracts in 1840 



Probable 

 produce in 

 1840 



177 

 129 

 90 

 618 

 922 

 648 

 459 



Remarks. 



) The 



Mhesf 

 ) ,.ow 



plants ia 



j se tracts 

 small i 

 Iwill not yield a 

 2,943 I good crop for 

 2,63: jtwo years. 



5,580 11,160 lbs. 



It should be borne in mind that this is a rough calculation, and I can 

 only give the probable amount. Most of these plants are very young, or 

 have been recently cut down; a few years hence the plants may yield 

 twice the above quantity. The first table exhibits the absolute produce 

 of 1838. Now let us suppose a new settler were to hike land in these 

 parts; what would be his expenses if he were only to cultivate Tea, and 

 had to clear forest land (in the vicinity of the Tea) ten times the size of 

 Nowl eleah, which is, say 400 by ^00 yards, and which would cost hini 

 200 Rupees to clear. Ten such tracts would cover 8,00,000 square \ ai ds. 

 Now, to cover this surface of ground with Tea plants, and the plants six 

 f eet apart each way,. 3,55,555 plants would be required ; but if two plants 

 were to be placed together, as I would recommend, then 7,11,110 plants 



